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the list is now up on http://www.airrace.org/classUnlim.php#registered looks like a pretty good field, a couple of 'big dogs' missing. be safe guys,
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I see Wildfire is listed...is that for real? Has it even flown?
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[quote="DB2"]I see Wildfire is listed...is that for real? Has it even flown?[/quote]

i saw that too, i looked on their website, and no new news, hopefully they are just to busy getting ready for the races to update. i've only heard that they had made taxi runs.
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T-28? In the unlimited class? I guess they have nowhere else to run them....

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I see Wildfire is listed...is that for real? Has it even flown?
Wildfire, an aircraft that even Skip Holm couldn't fly! :shock: I wonder what's been done.
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bdk wrote:
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I see Wildfire is listed...is that for real? Has it even flown?
Wildfire, an aircraft that even Skip Holm couldn't fly! :shock: I wonder what's been done.


It flew, ONCE, it was a amusing report to say the least...........
If you have it, I believe it was the Oct 83 issue

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He flew well at PRS, has pylon racing experience, and seems confident that he can do 300 on the course, so why not? Several T-28s have raced quite nicely over the years, including the late Neil Anderson for several years...

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Reports on AAFO.com indicate that the airplane has been heavily rebuilt/modified since the much-maligned test flight in the 80s.

Dave Morss apparently flew the test flight (?).
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Matt Gunsch wrote:
It flew, ONCE, it was a amusing report to say the least...........
If you have it, I believe it was the Oct 83 issue
I read the report some years ago of the flight, but don't remember the pilot's name. He was obviously good/lucky. As I recall, Mr. Holm never got beyond the taxi phase of flight.

I'd love to see a picture of how it looks now, "bdk" says impatiently...
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Neal Nurmi wrote:
He flew well at PRS, has pylon racing experience, and seems confident that he can do 300 on the course, so why not? Several T-28s have raced quite nicely over the years, including the late Neil Anderson for several years...

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Well if he pulled in his cowl & oil cooler flaps he might break 300 :P :roll: :lol: Nice picture Neal :D
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Neal Nurmi wrote:
He flew well at PRS, has pylon racing experience, and seems confident that he can do 300 on the course, so why not? Several T-28s have raced quite nicely over the years, including the late Neil Anderson for several years...

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the elderly owner has not long to go and he wanted to see his plane race one last time, so........
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Oh...don't get me wrong...It's "unlimited" right? Run what you brung time!

I would love to see more of the "slower" machines on the course...expand the racing! It was just that I don't remember seeing a T-28 in the class before.

Thanks for the info.

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It'll be good to see a stock Corsair on the course again -- been a long time for that, too...
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Oct. '83 issue of WHAT?

Matt Gunsch wrote:
bdk wrote:
DB2 wrote:
I see Wildfire is listed...is that for real? Has it even flown?
Wildfire, an aircraft that even Skip Holm couldn't fly! :shock: I wonder what's been done.


It flew, ONCE, it was a amusing report to say the least...........
If you have it, I believe it was the Oct 83 issue
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[quote="famvburg"]Oct. '83 issue of WHAT?

air comics.... aka air classics

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